4 Americans killed by Somali pirates: Links

Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Monday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. citizens have been killed in a wave of pirate attacks plaguing the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean for years. Here is what others media outlets are saying about it:

Joe Grande, The Associated Press file photoPhyllis Macay and Bob Riggle are seen on a yacht in Bodega Bay, Calif., in June 2005. The U.S. military said Tuesday that pirates killed four American hostages they were holding on the yacht Quest off Somalia's coast. The victims are the Quest's owners, Scott and Jean Adam of California, and Macay and Riggle, both of Seattle.